Rack Palette - Operators Manual - Strand Lighting

Tools
Fanning Tool
When you are adjusting attributes, you can customize the way the wheel acts upon
the values they are changing. Generally, as you roll the wheel a tick, the selected
value changes by one unit (i.e., one percent, one degree, one second, one gobo
etc.) If you activate one of the fanning Tools, differing results can be achieved. The
following fan modes are available:
To activate a fanning tool press and hold the [TOOLS] button or [T] on the
QWERTY keyboard. The Softkeys will display all the available tools:
The Fan tool is activated by pressing [S7]. A large pop-up list (shown above) is
displayed and you can choose which fanning method you want to invoke. (see
examples below) Do this by rolling the wheel or using the arrow keys then press
[ENTER]. The Tool bubble will then turn red and show you the active fanning
method:
The [TOOLS] button LED will be on and whenever you adjust multiple Channels'
attributes or times, their values will be fanned. To turn fanning off and change the
adjustment method back to normal, press the [TOOLS] button again. The Tool
bubble will turn pink and display the last active fanning tool used:
If at any time you want to use fanning again, just press and release the [TOOLS]
button. If you want to change the fanning method, press and hold the Tools button
and press [S7] to display the large pop-up of all the fanning methods.
By default, the fanning is spread out across all the selected Channels evenly. When
the fan tool is active, the fan effect can be multiplied by holding down [SHIFT] when
rolling the wheel. You then see how many times the fan is spread out across your
selection set.
For example, if you have twenty Channels on two pipes, if you Fan Pan Center you
may get this effect:
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